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Preemption Proof
State of Arkansas,
County of Hempstead,
United States of America
Be it remembered, that, on the 6th Jany. 1840, Abner H. Hancock of Pike
County personally appeared before me, the undersigned, an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for the county, aforesaid, and on his oath deposes & says:
That, he is the head of a family consisting of a wife and two children. That
in the year 1833 he cultivated a tract of the public lands of the United
States, to wit: a portion of the southwest quarter of section thirteen in
township eight, south of range twenty-six west in the district of lands
subject to sale at Washington, Arkansas. That in said year (1833) he had in
cultivation & under fence on said tract about ten acres, planted principally
in corn, that he was in possession of the said tract by personal residence
thereon, with his family, on the 19th June 1834, and that at both of these
dates there were dwelling houses and other outhouses on said land, and
further says not.
Abner H. Hancock
Sworn to & subscribed the 6th January 1840.
R.L. Phillips, J.P.
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State of Arkansas,
County of Hempstead,
United States of America
John Dickson & Abijah Davis personally came before me, the undersigned, an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hempstead, aforesaid,
and on their oaths depose and say, that, they are personally acquainted with
Abner H. Hancock who signed the foregoing deposition and that they know the
matters and things set forth in his deposition are strictly true and further
say not.
John Dickson
Abijah (his x mark) Davis
Sworn to before me the 6th Jan. 1840.
R.L. Phillips, J.P.
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Land Office, Washington, Arks.
January 6th 1840.
We, are personally acquainted with John Dickson & Abijah Davis who signed as
witnesses above, and know them to be resepectable and entitled to credit.
D.T. Witter, Recr.
R.L. Phillips, J.P.
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Filed and allowed January 6, 1840, D.T. Witter, Rcr., Geo. Conway, Rgt. No.
4269. G.L.O. See letter to R & R January 25, 1844 (No. 1) requiring a report
of the time when Townships were filed in this office. Regt., in letter of 21
Feb 1844 notes that plat(s) for within were filed 2d Sept 1839. Entry having
been made within the year thereafter is approved.
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Certificate 4269, Washington, Arkansas Land Office, Record Group 49,
National Arhives, Washington, D.C.
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